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I was born in Arkansas and, after moving twice, I returned and spent my primary school years there. I consider myself a simple southern gal. So, I see a trailer for Logan Lucky, I hear Daniel Craig nail a southern accent, and I’m compelled to go to the theater and watch this movie.

Boy, I wasn’t disappointed. Logan Lucky was a great, funny film, and I liked it a lot! I had no idea that director Steven Soderbergh retired, but that has no bearing on anything whatsoever. It’s as though he never left. Logan Lucky centers on members of a West Virginia family, especially brothers Jimmy (Channing Tatum) and Clyde (Adam Driver) Logan. Jimmy is divorced and father to an adorable little girl, while Clyde is an Iraq War veteran with a prosthetic arm. Jimmy is a miner, and Clyde is a bartender.

The movie’s events are kicked off when Jimmy is let go from his job for having a pre-existing condition that he didn’t report to his manager. It’s an obvious limp. The company he worked for was making repairs underneath a NASCAR track. Battling his ex-wife and worrying for his daughter, Jimmy needs money. He decides to plan the ultimate redneck heist: use the knowledge he’s gained of the track and rob it. He drags Clyde and even their younger sister, Mellie, into it. They intend to execute the robbery on a slow day at the track. Fewer people means fewer track employees and security guards.

But it’s not that easy, of course. Jimmy and Clyde need an expert who can break into a heavy-duty safe. They visit the local prison and chat with Joe Bang (Daniel Craig), an old buddy. They recruit him and his two dimwitted brothers, and the team is formed. They even have an idea to break Joe out of prison, complete the heist, and get Joe back in before anyone notices.

However, certain events force the crew to move the robbery up a week, which coincides with the track’s busiest day of the year. It’s the day of the Coca-Cola 600. Regardless, everyone agrees to carry on with the heist.

I’m not going into any further depth because I don’t want to spoil more than I already have. Yet I wanted to describe just enough to get people interested because Logan Lucky is definitely worth your time. It’s dubbed “Ocean’s 7-Eleven” during the movie, which is totally meta, since Soderbergh directed Ocean’s Eleven. The characters spend most of the film in the preparation phase of the heist. Soderbergh focused on that aspect in Ocean’s Eleven, and he’s doing the same here. His deliberate pacing and the increasing tension elevate these films.

Daniel Craig steals every scene that he’s in and has the best performance in Logan Lucky. He bears the comedic heft of the movie on his shoulders, and he does it with a wonderful southern charm and knocks it out of the park. Yeah, Daniel Craig… a British actor, the guy who plays James Bond. I kind of don’t want him to keep playing James Bond if it means that he can do more projects like this.

Yet surprisingly, Channing Tatum and Adam Driver bring emotion to their scenes. Again, I won’t spoil anything more. All I’ll say is that I totally bought their relationship. While they don’t physically resemble each other enough for siblings, they act like real brothers. Through the actors’ portrayals, you can see that they deeply care about one another. Channing Tatum also plays a believable and loving father. I was especially happy with his performance. The choices for casting the main characters were spot-on, which I didn’t expect for this movie.

Even if you don’t see Logan Lucky while it’s in theaters, check it out at some point!